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Peer reviewedDubois, Sylvie; Horvath, Barbara – Language Variation and Change, 1992
A study examined interactional patterns in interviews that characterize elicitation of one text type, description, including type/mixture of questions asked by the fieldworker and the speaker's response. Subjects (n=137) were of three ethnic groups and three socioeconomic levels. Results suggest questioning strategy can have strong, predictable…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Interaction
